of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie, 291 
A threeknots thereof, faying at the knitting of every knot,that this they doc to cute him or herof a 
Quartane feaver. Others carie about them a naked {naile ina little peece of fine leather: orelfe 
foure heads of fnailes cut off and enclofed within a {mall reed.Many think it better to enfold one 
of thefe fowes or cheeflips within a locke of wooll,and {fo to carie it about them againft the quar- 
tane,or els thelittle grubs or wormes whereof come the Oxe flies, before their wings bee growne. 
-Andthere be that forthis purpofe fic themfelves with thofe {mall wormes covered all over witha 
kind of: downe or cotton,which arefound in thickets,& among buthes or fhrubs, Some of thefe 
Magicians give direétion otherwhiles totake foure of the faid wormes enclofed withina Wal- 
nut (hell,and to bind them to fome part of the patient, or elfe the {nailes which be found naked 
without their fhels,Othersput live Stellion or ftarre-Lizard in fome little casket or box,and lay 
B the fame under the pillow or boulfter where the patientlaieth his head: but when the apue be- 
- ginneth to decline and islike to. goe away, they lecthe {aid Stellion goe againe at libertie, They 
piefcribe likewife to {wallow downethe heart of a fea gull or cormorant,taken forth of the bodie 
without any knife or inftcumentof yron:If notfo, to keepe the fame dried,to beat itto pouder; 
and thento drinke it in hore water. The hearts of Swallowes condite in hony, and fo eaten,beex- 
cellent good for the Quartane ague,as our Magicians fay. And yetfome of them make no more 
- adoe, but give of theirdung tothe weight of one dram, in three cyaths of Goats milke and Ews 
milke,or elfe of wine cuit,before the acceffe come. Howbeit, others would have the Swallowes 
themfelves to bee eaten whole without any dreffing at all. The people of Parthia diinke for the 
Quartane ague the fixt part of a denier weight of an Afpis skin with the like poife of Pepper,and 
C theyhold it to dea foveraigne remedie. Chry/ippus the Philofopher was of opinion, and fo hee 
hath pur downe in writing, Thatto carieone Phryganium tiedto fome part of the bodie, is ex- 
cellent for the Quartane. But what living creature hee fhould meane by that {ame Phryganium, 
neither hath he himfelfe defcribed,nor ever could I meet with any man that knew it : howbeit, I 
thought it good to fet downe this remedie, being thus delivered by fo grave an Authouras Chry- 
fippes was,xo ftit up the diligence of others, if haply there be any fo induftrious as will take pains 
tofearch further into the thing and Jearne whatit might be. : 
Inany of thefe long difeafes which be called Chronique, it iscommonlythought, That to 
eat the flefh of a Crow,andto applie unto the bodie their*neaft,is moft excellent to bring them *Nidwm. Some 
to anend. . bails read Wirnm. 
D Astor Tertian agues, it were an eafie matter totrie the experiments of fuch receits as are gi- 
yen outfor them: confidering howthe poore patients in hope of eafe are willing ynough & de- 
lighted to be doing and working conclufions: and namely to fee whether the copweb,neaft and 4 
all,of that {pider which tiey call *Lycos,incorporat with rofinand wax,and fo applied asa fron- *:wolfe.Sup- 
taletothe forehead and temples on both fides of the head,will doe any good to rid them away ? poled tobe 
~-Certes fome ufe to wear about them the {pider it felfe,enclofed within a quill or peece ofa reed: (eidee uae 
in which fort itis reported to availe much in the cure of other feavers. Alfo itis thought, Thata hunteth fics. 
greene Lizard hung about the neck alive in fome box fufficient to receive it, isas effectuall. And 
thefe kind of medicines they affurme to bee of great efficacie for to drive away thofe agnes which 
by way of relafpe ufe often to returne againe when they were thought to be cleane gone, 
E Touching the dropfie,the tried greafe of {weatie wooll taken in wine with alittle Myrthe, fo 
that the whole arife to che quantitie of an Hazell nut,is fuppofedto bea fingular receit.Butfome 
pur thereto Goofe greafe alfo and oile of Myrtles. The filthie ordure that gathereth about Ewes 
udders, hath the fame effect. Likewife, the flefh of an Vrchin long kept in pouder or otherwife, 
and eaten,dath much good. To conclude, it is thought, That if the bellie be rubbed weil and an, 
nointed with that which a dog dooth nfeto caft by way of vomit, ithelpeth thofe that bee ina 
dropfic,for it is reported to have afpeciall vertu to drawa water, and to drie up the fuperfluous 
. bumiditie engendring that difeafe. | 
Cwar. X11. 
FE 25 Meduines for S. Authontes fire,carbuncles,fellons ,OUr nes cr ampes or con- 
tractions of fineres. 
He fuet or greafe of unwafhed wooll incorporat with oile of Rofes and Tutie, is a proper li- 
nimentfor S._4athonies fire : {ois the bloud of atike, and earth-wormes reduced into an 
unguent with vinegre: bur efpecially thefe cricquets, crufhed and wrought within ones 
hand 
